'Shame on people saying cheap things about him' - Harbhajan Singh and other cricketers come out in support of Arshdeep Singh after his drop catch
Arshdeep Singh dropped Asif Ali in the 18th over and that, in a way, was the turning point of the game.
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Pakistan defeated India in a heart-wrenching thriller on Sunday (September 4) in the ongoing Asia Cup. They chased down 182 with one ball to spare and five wickets in hand. Arshdeep Singh bowled an excellent last over despite having only seven runs to defend but he couldn't stop Iftikhar Ahmed from scoring the winning runs. However, he is trending on social media for wrong reasons unfortunately.
He dropped Asif Ali's catch off Ravi Bishnoi in the 18th over when the game was in absolute balance. The batter was yet to open his account then and ended up scoring 16 off 8 deliveries in the dying stages to clinch a thriller for Pakistan. Expectedly, the Indian fans attacked Arshdeep on social media for his mistake and started abusing him,
However, the left-arm pacer has found support from the former cricketers including Harbhajan Singh who has called out the fans for abusing the cricketer. He pointed out that no cricketer drops the catch on purpose and also lauded Arshdeep and the Indian team for the performance they put in against Pakistan.
"Stop criticising young @arshdeepsinghh No one drop the catch purposely..we are proud of our boys .. Pakistan played better.. shame on such people who r putting our own guys down by saying cheap things on this platform bout arsh and team.. Arsh is GOLD," he tweeted.
Current and Former cricketers rally behind Arshdeep
The likes of Mohammad Hafeez, Abhinav Mukund, Irfan Pathan, Robin Uthappa and Mandeep Singh among others rallied behind Arshdeep Singh. They pointed out the fact that despite being under so much pressure due to drop catch, the youngster bowled a terrific last over taking it to fifth ball defending only 7 runs.
Abhinav Mukund also recalled dropping Steve Smith in Pune Test in 2017 and feeling very horrible and related to Arshdeep Singh's situation while supporting him. "After dropping steve smith in the pune test, i was absolutely inconsolable for hours alone in my room. I really hope @arshdeepsinghh doesnt feel that way. He will be more gutted than anyone else in our country tonight. Lets cut him some slack! #INDvsPAK," he wrote on Twitter.
Here are some of the tweets:
Proud of you @arshdeepsinghh ! Stand strong .. you are the best that’s why you play for India bro .. ignore sick ppl..🥊 #chakdepatte
— SAYYED IQBAL ABDULLAH (SIA) (@iqqiabdullah) September 4, 2022
After dropping steve smith in the pune test, i was absolutely inconsolable for hours alone in my room. I really hope @arshdeepsinghh doesnt feel that way. He will be more gutted than anyone else in our country tonight. Lets cut him some slack! #INDvsPAK
— Abhinav Mukund (@mukundabhinav) September 4, 2022
Everybody drops catches and nobody means to do it. Leave that boy @arshdeepsinghh alone please. He is human and in professional sport these things can happen. I am sure @IrfanPathan @parthiv9 @YUVSTRONG12 @harbhajan_singh will agree.
— Samit Patel 🏏 (@Samitpatel21) September 4, 2022
My request to all Indian team fans. In sports we make mistakes as we r human. Please don’t humiliate anyone on these mistakes. @arshdeepsinghh
— Mohammad Hafeez (@MHafeez22) September 4, 2022
Arshdeep is a strong character. Stay that way boy. @arshdeepsinghh
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) September 4, 2022
koi v ek banda jita nhi sakda Te Na hi hra sakda, it’s a team sport, so it’s a team who wins and loses 👊🏽 Pakistan played better cricket today but a great fight by India. another cracker of a game 💥 #IndiaVsPak #AsiaCup2022
— Mandeep Singh (@mandeeps12) September 4, 2022
Back to back thrillers involving India and Pakistan. Hard luck for Team India tonight. Great show of grit by the youngster @arshdeepsinghh 👏 #IndvPak #AsiaCup2022
— Robin Aiyuda Uthappa (@robbieuthappa) September 4, 2022
Let’s not go hammer and tongs on #arshdeepsingh . I agree most fielders would have taken it 9/10 times but it can happen and I can guarantee that he will be hurting the most right now.#PakvsIndia #AsiaCupT20
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani) September 4, 2022
Stop criticising young @arshdeepsinghh No one drop the catch purposely..we are proud of our 🇮🇳 boys .. Pakistan played better.. shame on such people who r putting our own guys down by saying cheap things on this platform bout arsh and team.. Arsh is GOLD🇮🇳
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) September 4, 2022
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